Swinging hose-bracket



(No Model.)

L. T. POREMAN.

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UNITED STATES LEWIS T. FOREMAN, OF OMAHA, NEBRASKA.

SWINGING HOSE-BRACKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 566,853, dated September 1, 1896.

Application liled September 30, 1395. Serial No. 564,249. (No model.)

To @il whom, t may con/cern.-

Beit known that LLEWIS T. FOREMAN, of Omaha, in the county of Douglas and State of Nebraska, have invented certain useful Improvements in Swinging Hose-Brackets; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specication.

This invention has relation to a new and novel swinging hose-bracket.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 shows my invention as attached to an ordinary ceiling, while Fig. 2 shows an enlarged detail of the connecting-joint.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple device that shallbe more particularly adapted to be used in carriage-houses and livery-stables, where vehicles are usually cleaned.

A represen ts an ordinary water-service pipe which is provided with a suitable T, B. EX- tending from this T is the main supply-pipe C, which is preferablypolished upon the outside and is provided with the adjustable collar D, which works thereon and is provided with the extending flange 2 and a set-screw 3. Working upon the flange of the collar D is an ordinary hangerE, which is provided with the central ringaand annulets 5. This hanger E is revolubly supported upon the collar D, and in turn givesa movable support to the supply-pipe F. This pipe F connects by means of a T 6 with the telescoping tube 7. At its upper end this tube 7 is provided with a water-tight connection 8. This connection 8 screws upon the pipe 7, as may be noticed in referring to Fig. 2, by means of the thread 9, to further insure a water-tight joint and provide the connection S with the packing-collar 10, which collar rides snugly between the tube O and the connection 8, as may be noticed in Fig. 2. The supply-pipe F is provided at one end with the closing-cap 11 and at the other with the nozzled elbow 12, connecting with the hose 13. To insure nice adjustment of the bracket, I have provided the tube F with the counterpoise 14, secured at the end opposite the hose 13.

Now the operation of this device is very simple. As the hose is used, itcan be readily swung inA a circle by the main supply-tube C by virtue of the telescoping pipe 6, which nicely contains this main supply-pipe C. The bracket E also readily swings by the stationary collar D, and the hose 13 may further be adjusted vertically by means of the collar D, which can be loosened and carried either upward or downward, so that the pipe C is either carried inward or out of the telescoping tube 7. C in dotted lines within the tube 7.

The device is noticeable because of its extreme simplicity; and,

Having thus described my certain invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent, is-

1. In aswinginghose-bracket the combination with a main supply-pipe ofan adjustable flanged collar upon said pipe, a bracket movably depending and working from and upon said collar, a sliding tube encompassing` said main su pply-tube, supported at its end within said swinging' bracket, and ahose secured to said encompassing tube, all substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a swinginghose-bracket the combination with the main supply-pipe provided with a flanged adjustable supportingcollar and bracket movably held upon said collar and tube adjustable upon said main supply-pipe and working within said bracket, said flanged collar being in combination with a suitable hose, all substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a swinging hose-bracket the combination with the supply-pipe, C, of the adjustable collar, D, the bracket E, the pipe, F, supported by means of said bracket and provided with the telescoping tube, 7, the connection, 8, securing said tube, 7, to the tube, 6, the packing-ring, l0, workingbetween said connection, 8, and tube, C, in combination with the counterpoise, 14., and hose, 13, all substantiallyas and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LEVIS T. FOREMAN.

Witnesses Y GUsTAvE ANDERSON, C. P. HoLLIcoN.

In Fig. 1 I have shown this tube 

